Study finds no connection between MMR vaccine and autism

The results of a large new study in the journal Pediatrics show no relation between the combined vaccination against measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) and the development of autism.

In 2001, a panel of experts convened by the US Institute of Medicine, Washington, DC, rejected the contention that vaccination with MMR caused autism, on the basis of overall data at a population level. The panel did, however, encourage additional studies to …